Per editor: Zhang Jinhe
On September 22, Apple's iPhone 15 series of mobile phones and other new products went on sale in China.
On the evening of September 22, Apple CEO Tim Cook posted on Weibo tonight to celebrate. Cook said: "We are delighted that our customers have experienced our amazing new product lineup today. The new iPhone 15 series, the first carbon-neutral Apple Watches, and the latest AirPods have been launched in China, and they have never been more indispensable! ”
According to reports, the iPhone 15 sales scene is hot, on the 22nd, there is a long queue in Beijing and Shanghai offline stores, some customers start queuing at 5 a.m., and offline scalpers increase the price of 500-1000 yuan to snap up the Pro Max version.
At press time, Apple shares are up 1.5%, with a latest market value of $2.8 trillion.
Some people are in line after 5 o'clock, while others have already received the goods
According to Shenzhen News Network, at 7 a.m. on the 22nd, there was an early queue at the entrance of Apple's mixC retail store in Shenzhen, and at 8 a.m., the first batch of pre-order users walked into the store and successfully received the new machine in accordance with the order of appointment.
Consumer Mr. Wang said that he is a big fan of Apple and paid attention to the news of the iPhone 15 very early, especially the new iPhone using titanium, and felt very novel and pre-ordered it for the first time. I feel very lucky to be one of the first users to get my hands on a new phone today.
According to China Economic Weekly-Economic Network, before the sale, the Beijing Sanlitun store and the Shanghai Nanjing East Road store, both offline stores had a long queue, and the first customer in the Shanghai store arrived at 5 a.m.
According to the quotation of a number of third-party channels in Huaqiangbei, the price of iPhone 15 and 15plus broke for the first time, and the 15pro and 15pro max were slightly premium. Third-party channel providers said that at present, each model of the 15 series is in stock, and the price fluctuates greatly, "one price per hour".
The surging news reporter asked a number of consumers, most of them bought iPhone 15 Pro Max, and a small number bought iPhone 15 Pro, and fewer consumers bought the regular version of iPhone 15.
According to the Yangtze Evening News, at 8 a.m. on September 22, the new iPhone 15 series products officially went on sale on the whole network. While others are still waiting anxiously in line offline, consumers who pre-order through Tmall Apple's official flagship store have already begun to post their mobile phones in the comment area.
"I didn't get up early on Friday morning, I didn't expect to receive it so quickly." On the same day, when the third-party platform and offline stores first went on sale, the first users who placed orders through Tmall and the official website had received home delivery from the courier brother.
Scalpers added 1,000 yuan to snap up the Pro Max version
According to the poster news, the reporter asked several "scalpers" at the scene, and the iPhone 15 Pro was not cared for. Last year, when the iPhone 14 series was released, both the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max had "scalpers" repurchased.
The iPhone 15 Pro Max is relatively more favored by "scalpers", with repurchase premiums ranging from 500 yuan to 1,000 yuan.
Before 9 a.m. on the 22nd, the "Daily Economic News" reporter came to the Apple direct store in Shenzhen Yitian Holiday Square, and the reporter noticed several "scalpers" who were trading at the scene, they carried more than ten apple shopping bags, and saw that users who got new machines from the Apple store would take the initiative to recycle new machines.
"iPhone 15 Pro Max increases the price by about 700 yuan, blue don't, 512GB is best, 1TB is not easy to sell." As for the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro, many scalpers do not accept the goods.
On the first day of the new model's release, there were many "scalpers" waiting to recycle the new machine at the door of Apple's direct store. (Photo source: Photo by Wang Jing, reporter)
There are also scalpers who say that the iPhone 15 Pro can be recycled at the original price, the iPhone 15 Pro Max (256GB) can be recycled at an additional price of 600 yuan, and the blue (512GB) can be recycled by up to 400-500 yuan; When a consumer asked: "Didn't the iPhone 15 Pro Max just now increase the price of 700 yuan for recycling?" The scalper responded: "Now there are a lot of goods, just 700 yuan, now 500-600 yuan, you don't sell, it will change to 400 yuan." ”
Apple employees in France went on strike
According to interface news, on September 22, the first day of Apple's iPhone 15 sales, Apple store employees in France began a nationwide strike on pay and working conditions. About 30 employees protested outside Apple's store in central Paris, just metres from customers waiting in the rain. A number of Apple unions are also planning to strike on the 23rd, demanding a 7% pay increase to compensate for the impact of inflation and an end to the months-long hiring freeze. Union officials said management was reluctant to offer a pay rise of more than 4.5 percent.
Daily economic news is synthesized from Cook Weibo, Shenzhen News Network, Poster News, Yangtze Evening News, Interface News
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